Vocabulary Story
A company trying to continue its five-year perfect (1) safety record showed its workers a film
(2) aimed at encouraging the use of (3) safety goggles on the job.
According to the Health and
Safety Council News, the film's (4) depiction of (5) gory industrial
accidents was so (6) graphic
that twenty-five workers (7) suffered minor injuries in their
(8) rush to leave (9) the screening
room. Thirteen others (10) fainted, and one man required seven (11) stitches after he cut his
head falling off a chair while watching the film.
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(1) an exact list of every problem they had with safety (it seems they had ZERO problems in the past 5 years!)
(2) with that goal - they are trying
(3) glasses that can protect your eyes
(4) showing
(5) bloody or violent
(6) showing very clearly
(7) received
(8) hurry
(9) showing of a film
(10) lost consciousness (like falling asleep!)
(11) they doctor must use a needle and thread to close a cut
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